The Republican journal., 1887-06-23

| at the NJ. f. church. The pastor preached an ex-
| cellent sermon In the morning and in the evening
| the Sunday School gave concert. The church
| was very handsomely decorated with evergreens
| and flowers. Next Sunday will be quarterly meet
ing. Rev. c. A. Plummer the presiding elder will
| be present MIR. w. c. Andrews the newly ap-
pointed postmaster took possession of the Office
last week.
| THoRNDIKE. Prof. Stilson's lecture at the
Friends meeting house last Sunday forenoon was
much enjoyed by all who attended. Rev. Mr..
Bracket preached in the afternoon .....D. b.
Flint has improved the appearance of his house by
coat of paint. NJ. Small has taken down the
barn on his back place, and is using it to enlarge
the one where he lives. IA Sunday school has
been organized in Dist No 2, with J. Higgins supt.
1t meets at the school house at II O'clock and all
are invited to attend
| MoNTVILLE. Rev. Mr.. Washburn will preach
at the North church next Sunday and the Sunday
following Miss Lizzie Hall returned to her
home in Boston on Monday last Mrs. r. p.
shaw of Lowell, Mass, was III town the first of
| the week. School in District No. 10 closed last
week after term of six weeks taught by Olive
| laskcf OF this town.. Dea. Asa Hall and c. NJ.
RUNNER attended the Free Baptist quarterly
meeting at lsesboro last week Mr.. and Mrs.
George Aver, of Vassalboro, are visiting in town
this week Mr.. Thomas Foster is in poor health
and it is thought he is on Il decline
| PENoBsCoT. A new Post Office has been es
tablIshed in school district No g. called Pcnobscot
Centre and Leroy WardwelI appointed Post Mast
er... Base ball has broken out among It's and is
raging with unsovcrnable fury. We know it is a
very healthy game by the number of BACKED ewes,
| broken fingers and swclled noses. Elisha L.
| BoWden has received load of lumber from Ban.
sor build a stable and other outbuldings take
the place of those burned in the March fre..
| Doctor sprague has bought house lot and it is
rumored that he will build the coming autumn. e.
me road machine is doing good work in i'm
| proving the highways. converse Macomber of
Belfast IL making his friends short visit and re
heWing the Old acquaintance, of his youthful days
| CAsTINE. Gov. Bodwel and Gen. c. w Tilden
arrived here by stmr. Richmond Saturday morn
| ing, and during the forenoon Hon g. NJ Warren
| took them around the place on a blackboard Mr.
| Garland of Minneapolis and A. NJ Deyereux of
| Bangor were here at the same time en- business
connected with the proposed railroad. The Gov
ernor went to Bar Harbor on the noon boat and
| Gen. Tilden returned home after a DAYS visit
lhe railroad survey was begun ON Tuesday The
| starting point was at the land of Mrs Brophv at
the south end the town thence the line runs along
the shore near the wharves in Il northea strrlv di
| rection. The boiler in j. W. Dresser's line fac.
| tory has been condemned and will soon be replac
Ell by n new one. .....Mrs. q. l.. Weeks who has
been i'll for some time, to visit her sister at
| MI Desert snort time age. hoping to benefit by
| the change. On Thursday Mr.. Weeks was hastily
summoned to that place and his wife died on Sun,
day. Her remains were brought home for burial
by stmr RchmonU Monday. The Acalan House
was opcned ON the 18th. Several guests have al
ready registered, ami the outlook Tor the season is
very promising Stmr Mary Morgan brought Il
| large party on sunday, who took dinner at the
| Acadian.
PROSPECT. We received last week a map of
Mount Desert Island and rcnobscot BAY including
the property of the Cape Jcllison Land Improve
ment Company, from Mr.. Elvn Staples of Stock
ton Every one should have one to refer to places
on the Bay, where the summer sojourners will take
| up their quarters soon. Prospect will not be so
very far away when the hotel that is under con
temptation IL built at the mineral spring in the
Ellis settlement. We go by the spring often on
our way to stockton and have seen teams there
after water for medical purposes. Not long since
haul away The water has been used now for
nearly twenty years in some families and it is
claimed that it has many healing yrlues.....
Among the fine animals III town is the Young .Jer.
sey hu!l from st. Lamberts and Eurotus strains
On one side is the bull Victor Hugo ard stokes
Pogis, with the celebrated COW Mary Anne, of st
Lambert strains. On the side of the Dam, Pedro
laa 35l36, is the famous Jersey bull Pedro that
ala = IN nnI,
of butter in Il YEAR. Elder Daniel stevenson
preached nj the Clark school house last sunday
mir. Jabcz Woods and wife of >earsport arc
visiting friends in town this week =. The schools
are progressing finely. Miss Della NJ small is
keeping one of the best schools iii Dist No
Prospect. Miss Small is thorough in her schoo
work and one of the peasantest teachers among
the scholars without. She has a natural Gift TO,
disciplning and nstructing the little ones in thei,
school studies. Miss Small is keeping her ninti
successful term of school and will complete til,
term ncNt week The Supervisor l.. }. Calder
wpod has attended 10 his duties and new books
haye been introduced in all the schools in town
This year. There seems To he an increased interest
in the schools. Mrs. Charles King bury passel
away last week and was buried sunday She
leaves two little girls and one boy. Mrs Kings
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sermon was preached 10y Elder Stevenson At til,
Clark ~choolhouse, large number were present
Crops are growing and looking well.
lIBfRr. y sad tragedy has taken place on tn,
plains in Monticello, near the site of the new trot
ting park. Ada Griffin, girl about Ii wear, of age
took Il traspoonful of Paris green, about . O'Clock
IN tht morning and died from its effects about o
clock IN the evening Her family did not know
That She had taken poison until afternoon, and DR.
Porter was not called until ) O'Clock 7. NJ. DR.
l'achclder was called about the same time They
lid all that could be done to save her but the poi
son had been in the system So long that She was
beyond human aid before the physicians were call
ed. The full cause of thi, rash act is not definite
y known ut this writing, but it is supposed to have
! resulted from trouble between the mother and
daughter in relation To attentions paid the laugh
ter by young man, a cousin of Ada, To whom tn,
mother objected. 1t is known that they had a VIC
{ lent alteration Friday evening and another sat
l urday morning. Shortly after the trouble in the
morning, the mother left home to call ON her old
est daughter who lives with Capt. II. :. Aver, ant
| Whlle she was absent The daughter took the fata
: dose. The whole matter can he summed up ii
: these words. Wilful laughter! stubborn moth
er! She was the daughter of Isaac Griffin a poo
Il put honest anu mart WORKING man, VINO has III
heartfelt sympathy of the entire community IN,
tral services were held at the Baptist church II
this village Monday the 2Oth. Rev. Mr.. Stilfin, o
Searrmont ohciating.... Elias >kilmorc, Jr., l.
! at the Maine General Hospital in Portland where
he went to have tumor of some Kind remove,
from the inside of his mouth. Councilman Hun
was in Massachusetts last week, for the purpose %
visiting the prisons of that state and obtaining in
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- changing the system of labor in the Maine stat
prison in accordance with instructions from tn
= last Legislature. Mrs. }. J. Walker will sool
: | start for New York to spend Il few weeks visiting
friends. The officers of W. Clark Relief Corp
We're cnstailed at Hall St. George by Mrs. Simmou
u of Appleton, Tuesday, I4th inst. The officers ar
the same as last year. about thirty men an,
y eight or ten teams turned out and worked on tn
II trotng park last saturday. They made fine prog
, re>s. They will resume work again next satul
u day
. BROOKS The long expected road machine cam
to town last Tuesday morning, and Mr.. c. H. Ken
ncy, of Knox, the agent of the company, cam
with it to put the thing in order. The time of tn
. pillow and scraper has evidently gone by for roa
- making even in conservative Maine. Your CORE
spondent has helped to work out many a heav
:. road tax in the good old fashioned way and kno
q by personal experience what rorhing on the ro0
implies. During Il long ride of several DAYS du
=. ration recently, but few were foun